( i THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1906. Hallowe'en Novelties in Great Assortment, Jack o'Lanterns, Pumpkins, Devil Faces, Party Favors, Etc., Etc., on the Third Flor j Credit Purchases Made Today Will go on Your November Account Portland Sale Agents for "Perrins" Keal French Kid Glov 1 Notion Sale The Meier & Frank Store Pendleton Robe Blankets 500 Pendleton Indian Robe Blan kets, new and choice designs, for steamer rugs, couch covers, cozy corners, etc., etc $7.00 Pendleton Indian robe Blankets, in handsome designs and color com binations; $5 values, on sale at P. German Bath Robe Blankets, fancy designs, artistic colorings; light and dark grounds, shadow effects; $3.00 values at $2.27 $2 Pillows $1.67 500 Bed Pillows, filled with excel lent quality goose feathers; regn Jar $2.00 values, on f LSJ sale at, each J 1 .UC Curtain Sale )dd lots of high-grade Lace Cur tains, 2 to 4 pairs of a pattern one curtain of each pair slightly mussed from being used as a sam ple. Lot consists of Brussels, colonials, fillet and corded Ara bian Curtains, valuesfl 5 to $7.50 a pair, for. Pf Manufacturers' samples of white and ecrn Lace Curtains, all full length, 3 and Zl2 yards, only one curtain of a pattern; values up to $3.50 a pair, at, each S5 Custom shade work our specialty. Estimates cheerfully given on any work you desire done. Third floor. Artistic Picture Froming to Your Order Second Floor Ostermoor Patent Elastic Felt Mattress at Factory Prices The Meier d& Frank Store Infant's Wecr Specials Valaes of importance to every econom ical mother Necessary articles for lit tle tots at a big saving Second Floor Infants' fancy Dresses, made of fine lawn and trimmed with pretty embroideries, lace, and insertion ; $3.00 values, on sale at ff 4,7 this special low price p Infants' Skirts on Waists, made of nainsook and trimmed in .full embroidery, insertion and clusters of tucks; $1.75 values, C 1 on sale at this special price, each.N Infants' plain flannel Skirts, cambric bands; regular 75c values, on sale at 59 Infants' plain flannel Pinning Blankets; Af resnlar 60n values, on sale at. each..." Infants' Outing Flannel Sacques in pink blue, crocheted edge; 25c values, at... Infants' Crocheted Sacks, Empire style; pink, blue or white silk yoke; $2.50 values at.Sj51.89 Infants' Wool Knit Bands, first and sec- I . ond sizes: 35c and 40c values " Infants' Silk Quilted Bibs, plain or lace-trimmed; regular 25c 1 Qf and 35c values, on sale at this special low price, each ' Infants' Quilted Feeders; regular 15c values on sale at 10 Celluloid Rattles; regular 50c values for, each y 41 Hand-painted Novelties in Infants' Wear great variety. 19c Sole Portland Agents for Famous " Ramie " Linen Mesh Underwear Complete Stock Portland Agents for The Batterick Patterns, Columbia Yarns and La Crecqne Corsets The Meier. Frank Store Great Undermuslin Values 98c Children's White Dresses at $1.98 Great special offering of children's fine white cambric and nainsook Dresses, ages 6 months to 4 years; beautiful styles, trimmed in fine embroideries, laces, tucks and beading; Mother Hubbard and long waisted styles; very large assortment to select from; $2.50 fl? 1 QO to $3.50 values on sale at this phenomenally low price, ea..S On sale in the Muslin Underwear Department Second Floor. Women's cambric and nainsook Drawers; trimmed in Val. laces, fine embroideries, tucks, beading and insertions; great assortment; best styles ; grand bargains. Ct. 1 Q $1.75 to $2.50 Valaes on Sale at p 1 J Women's hand-made Chemise; hand-embroidered yoke, pretty de signs, scalloped neck and arm holes; all sizes; great special values at this low price, each , Great special lot of 500 women's Nightgowns, of cambric and nain sook; trimmed in fine embroideries, laces, tucks, beading and rib bons ; high neck and low slipover styles ; long and short sleeves ; beautiful gowns; large variety. OA $2.50 to $3.50 Values on Sale at '. . l.O Women's cambric and nainsook Corset Covers, trimmed in pretty Val. laces, fine Swiss and nainsook embroidery, headings and rib bons ; blouse fronts ; $1.50, $1.75 values, on C fl O Q sale at V Women's fine white" cambric Underskirts; elaborately trimmed in very fine. Val. laces, open-work and blind embroidery flounces, insertion and tucks; separate dust ruffles; handsome styles; grand bargains. O Q X Regular $3.50, $4 Valnes on Sale at t$43 We are sole Portland agents for "La Grecque" tailored Under muslins. We are sole Portland agents for "La Grecque" Corsets. Second Ftoor. X w -yvl The Meier &. Frank Store Big Saving in Little Things 89c 31c 41c 62c 19c Silk Pin oi Hose Support-AG Velvet Grip Hose Supporters, front pad, silk elastic; $1 val ues on sale at ; . Lingerie Waist Shields, all sizes; 35c to 50c values. . Children's fancy silk hose supporters, 50c values.. Skirt Gauges for trim ming off skirts; special. Empire Sleeve Protectors, pair Hall & Borchert Dressmakers' Forms bust and hips can fit both waist and skirt; (C sizes 32 to 42; each "P JW Skirt forms, adjustable, from 22 to 26 inches, or 24 Zf to 30 inches, each. ..flUtW Full-length figures, each.$15.00 Lining Dept. riaid Moreens, newest designs, 32 inches; 50c values, yard. .43 Silk finished Venetian Coat Lin ings; black and colors 43 Bengaline Moreen, 32-in.; !t'lf best grade, 40c values, at. w Peau de Soie silk-finished taffeta, . for drop skirts, 315-inch; OQf black and colors, yard..."' $5 Couch Covers $3.85 Special lot of heavy double faced Couch Covers. 60 inches wide, 3 yards long: Oriental patterns, red and preen, blue and terra cotta, terra cotta and preen, red and blue com binations; $5.00 $3.85 The Greatest Riig Sale We Ever Inaugurated In all sizes Oriental and floral designs richest colorings and com binations. The grandest values in Axminster Rugs ever offered. Mail orders will receive our prompt and careful attention. Order today. 37X54-1N. AXM1 NSTER.S, $2.50 VALUES, AT $1.69 27X60-1N. AXMINSTER.S, $2.75 VALUES, AT $1.88 36X63-1N. AXM1NSTERS, $4.00 VALUES, AT $2.89 36X72-IN. AXM1NSTER.S, $4.50 VALUES, AT $3.45 High-Art Bigelow Axminsters Beautiful Designs, Colorings 24x48 in., $3.50 Val $2.45 27X54 VELVET RUGS, $2.50 VALUES, AT $1.55 Five great lots of Fiber Rugs in dainty patterns and colorings, suit ablo for bedrooms, etc. Wonderful values at following special prices: 27x6Q-INCHRUCS-$1.65 VALUES AT, EA., $1.00 36x72-INCH RUCS-$2.50 VALUES AT. EA., $1.65 6 x 9-FEET RUGS-$8.50 VALUES AT, EA., $6.35 8 FT.. 3 IN. x 10 FT., 6 IN.-$ 10.50 VALUES, $8.35 9 x 12-FT. RUGS-$ 12.50 VALUES AT, EA., $9.85 Room Rugs All Sizes All grades, all styles; the very best designs and colorings, suitable for parlor, dining and bedroom. Great assortment, phenomenal values. Tap Brussels, 8 ft. 3 ins, by 10 ft. 6 ins. QA Qf Regular $ 1 5.00 Value on sale at, each P Tap Brussels, 9 ft. by 10 ft. 6 ins. $16.50 Value $12.65 Afghanistan Brussels-9x 1 2 Ft. $25.00 Value $18.65 Axminster Rugs 10V2 by 13Va Ft. $40.00 Val. $33j65 Axminster Rugs 12 Ft. by 15 Ft. $45.00 Val. $38.65 Royal Wiltons IQVa Ft. by 12 Ft. $55.00 Val. $45.05 Royal Wiltons lO'a by 13V2 Ft. $62.50 Val. $53.50 Royal Wiltons-1 Vk Ft. by 15 Ft. $70.00 Val. $57.50 $1.05 BRUSSELS CARPETS ON SALE AT. YD., $ .87 $ 1 .25 BRUSSELS CARPETS ON SALE AT. YD., $ 1.03 70c Fiber Mattings at 59c Yard 55c Fiber Mattings at 48c the Yard The above prices include sewing, laying and lining. Annual Thanksgiving Sale of Fine Table Linens Bleached Satin Damask Table Napkins, all new patterns. (LQ Regular $2.00 grade, on sale at this low price, dozen V Bleached Satin Damask Table Napkins in a grand variety of CO 1 A patterns; $2.50 grades on sale at this low price, dozen Bleached Satin Damask Table Napkins, the regular $3.50 T QQ grade, on sale at this low price, per dozen pv Three great special lots of hemstitched Satin Damask Tablecloths hand some styles, great values, at the following low prices : Size 2x2 yards at $ 1.58 ea. Size 2x2 Vz yards at $1.98 ea. Size 2x3 yards at $2.38 each Take Advantage All-linen bleached Table. Damask; best patterns, large variety. j2c Regular 60c grade, at this special low price, yard All-linen bleached Table Damask in new, pretty designs. Regu- lar 7oc grade, on sale at this special price, the yard w 90c all-linen bleached Table Damask, at this low price, yard 72 $1.15 all-linen bleached Table Damask, at this special price, yard 92r $1.25 all-linen bleached Table Damask, at this special price, yard.. 1.05 $1.50 all-linen bleached Table Damask, at this special price, yard. .Jj51.2S Japanese Drawnwork Doilies, handmade, very pretty styles, in great assortment grand values, at the following special low prices: 6 inch at 9c each 9 inch at 22c each 12 inch at 39 c each 1 8 inch at 4dc each Hemstitched Satin Damask Traycloths, in the very best designs. Three lots great special values, at the following low prices: Regular 35c grades, 28c ea. Regular 60c grades, 48c ea. Regular 75c grades, 66c each Take Advantage Groceries W Are Low Priced Here Phone Exchange 4 5 bars Naptha Soap 25? !j "Jello" or iSromangelon, 3 packages for f-J 2 1-lb. cans Minced flams. .25 Baker's or Ghirardclli's Cocoa; half-pound cans for 20 1906 All Milcher Herring.. $1. 15 10-lb. sack yellow or white 0, cornmeal on sale at 18 lbs. Granulated Sugar. $1.00 1-lb. pkg. of Baker's Un- O r sweetened Chocolate 1'or.'C "Victor" Flour, none better; great special value, sack. $1.10 2 cans Amazon Peaches 25 2 cans Custard Pumpkins. . . .25 Famous Mocha and Java Coffee on sale at per lb 24c Flannels 7 9 5000 yards of handsome a" wool f lannels tor waists and children's dresses: . ' I k shades; g. few days low price, Jl 1 T BETTER MEAT Retail Butchers Take Up Fight for City Inspection. DEMAND STRINGENT LAW Association Indorses Proposition to ' lt'icul brad Letter Ordinance and Pass Good Measure Organl-' ration Not Moribund. Portland butchers last niyht put them selves on record as favoring an effective city ordinance providing for the rigid in Kpoction of all meat offered for sale in the local markets. This action was taken at the regular weekly meeting of the Port lnd lielail Meatdealers' Association, in Alisky Hall. It is desired that the pres ent meat-market ordinance, which has been found faulty, be repealed and an ef fective law substituted for it. The matter was recently taken up by the association, and representations made to the Hoard of Health, but nothing was done. The existing ordinance has never been enforced, and there seems to be no disposition on the part of the present ad ministration to put it into effect. Portland butchers contend that, in con- pcQuence of the sale of inferior meats by certain dealers, the trade has been brought Into disrepute, and it is claimed that meat inspection would benetlt both the reputa ble dealers and the public. It is pointed out that, owinpr to the fact that only packers who ship their products out of the state have their meats passed on by a Government inspector, much meat of all kinds is offered for sale by local abat toirs which is innocent of any inspection whatever. This condition, it is claimed, results in diseased meats being sold every day by retailers to an unsuspecting pub lic. Seattle Has Inspection. Other cities, no larger than Portlnnd, have city meat inspectors, whose duty it is to certify to the good quality of meats offered for sale in the markets. Seattle has such an inspector. It is contended by the butchers that more harm may be caused the public by diseased meats than Vy wormy apiles. and they contend that the general condemnation of infected fruit by a fruit Inspector, which is conceded to be a benefit to the public, is less vital than the condemnation of diseased and tainted meats. Reports that have been primed to th ilctt that th Retail Meat Dealer's As sociation has been broken up were not borne out last ntsht, for there was a good attendance at the meeting and members declared that the organization was never in better shape than now. To prove that this assertion is true, the association will give a smoker two weeks hence, to which all meat dealers in the city will be in vited. It will be held Tuesday evening, November 13. The retailers who attended the ir.eet- ng loudly deny the -existence in Portland of a beef trust. The objects of the organi zation we said to be wholly legitimate. without object to regulate prices. Each dealer i6 privileged to buy where he chooses at any price he can and sell ills meats on any schedule that may suit him. For purposes of protecting them selves in credit accounts and securing bet ter rates on supplies, the retailers have found the organization valuable. or example, members were able to get much better .terms on ice last Summer than would have been the case had they been unorganized. Packers Hot In, Control. That wholesalers dominate the associ ation is also denied by membens. It is stated that while retailers were fined re cently for violating the rules of the organization, in some cases- for purchasing supplies from dealers who do both a wholesale and retail business, the whole salers have also been subjected to fines for breaking the rules of the association. The organization is declared to be simi lar in its purposes to the Retail Grocers' Association, against which no trust tactics have been charged. That Frank L.. Smith, the dealer who has made repeated charges that a beef trust exists, is a modern Don Quixote, fighting windmills, is the assertion of the retail butchers. His declarations are held be for advertising purposes pure and simple and the dealers say Smith tried to join the association but ias blackballed. ! DELEGATES HOLD BJUtyUETl tendered the Federation and all club members yesterday afternoon by Mrs. P. J. Mann at her residence on Third street. DIXXER GIVEX IV HONOR SARAH PLATT DECKER. OF EXTRA NIGHT IS ADDED Engagement of "In. th Bishop's Carriage' Is Prolonged. Owing to the unprecedented success of "In the Bishop's Carriage" at The Heilig with Jessie Busley. the brilliant young Liebler star and her great supporting company, the demand for seats is so great that in orcter to accommodate the public it has been decided to extend the engagement until Thursday night. Seats for the extra Thursday night perform ance will go on sale this morning. CORSETSALE. A wonderful sale of high-grade corsets at less than cost of making! For three days we will sell our No. Ill corset of best French sateen, a standard Jl-50 value, at 8C and the famous La Victorie corset of best English Coutille, a standard $3.00 grade., at 97c Come early, as lots are limited. Sizes 18 to 30. McAllen & McDonnell. Clubwomen Enjoy Feast of Reason " and Flow of Soul Besides More Material Repast. The big east diningroom of the Portland Hotel resembled a veritable AcUmless 4Eden, last night, when 150 clubwomen of the Oregon Federation sat down to a banquet in the gorgeously decorated apartment, sans husbands, ans escorts, sans children. But the Adams were in the backgroundi and the hotel corridors were lined with club husbands, who im patiently awaited the adjournment of festivities ana ruminated over the fact that banquets are stupid affairs when attended by wives only. Curiosity got the best of some and they could not re frain from standing in the doorway and listening to the afterdinner talks, just to hear what women could possibly have to say to other women. The -dinner was one of the most suc cessful and brilliant affairs of its kind ever given in Portland, and the visiting delegates to the Federation convention were most appreciative of the hospitality accorded them. Mrs. Sarah Piatt Decker, the guest of honor, was the center of in terest, and her bright, chatty remarks and witty anecdotes would have done credit to any post-prandial orator. Mrs. Decker was to have spoken on the work of the general federation, but she touched only lightly on the more serious side of this subiect. telling a number of pat stories and praising Oregon and Oregon women. Mrs. Sarah A. Evans, president of the State Federation, presided and called upon Mrs. u Altman to respond to the toast "Our Guests," Mrs. A. S. Duniway "Our State." Dr. Esther Pohl "The Club Husband" and Mrs. Decker "Our "Work." "The Club Baby" was assigned to sev eral different members who passed it on to the next, so Mrs. Duniway finally came to its rescue and proved to everyone s satisfaction that it is the smartest and best-cared-for baby on earth. Her de scription of the first banquet ever at tended by women in Oregon was inimit able. "On that occasion." she said, "we wo men first prepared the food and set the table. Then we waited on the men while they ate; after which we ate what was left and washed the dishes. Tonight it is a little different, we are eating while the men are waiting on us and for us." A toast to the president and to the en tertainment committee, of which Mrs. Grace Watt Ross is chairman, was pro posed bv Mrs. H. M. Praeger and re sponded to by the entire assembly. Autumn leaves and carnations were used for decorations with artistic effect. The music was by Amsterdam s or chestra. A reception to meet Mrs. Decker was WORKING US WELL REMEMBERED HERE Portland Friends of W. H. Fairbank Hesitate to Believe Charges. News that Wilson H. Fairbank, Com missioner to the Jamestown Exposition from Massachusetts, had been accused by a political antagonist of grafting in connection with the Massachusetts ex hibit at the Lewis and Clark Exposition occasioned much surprise in Portland yes terday. Those who had to do with the Portland exposition came much in con tact with Commissioner Fairbank and BANKER VAX AUKER IS STIUj "DEAD GAME." Wilson H. Fairbanks. regarded him as a man of honesty far above petty grafting such as that charged. If the figures quoted by his accuser. John B. Moran, Democratic nominee for Governor of Massachusetts, are correct, however, they would tend to lend a shade of color' to the charges, or at least de mand an explanation. Moran states that Mr. Fairbank padded an expressage bill paid to the Oregon Transfer Company, of Portland, so that he realized $11 on the transaction. Moran says the bill was for $66 and that the Commissioner turned in a voucher for $77. As a matter of fact the amount really paid the local company was smaller than either of these sums, it was learned yes terday. The officials' of the company are inclined to believe, however, that a mistake was made by Mr. Fairbank, or that he had some honest purpose in altering the amount. While here the Commissioner gave the Impression that he was a man of means, stating on several Occasions that he had retired from active business with so much money that lis didn't "know how to sped It all." Ex-Casliier of Rainier State Bank Goes to Work as Common Laborer In Lumber Yard in That Town. C. S. Van Auker, ex-cashier of the State Bank of Rainier, now that the detectives of the bonding company have abandoned their efforts to extort a confession from him of the recent robbery of that institution, has gone to work atathc Reed mill at Rainier, where he is engaged in piling lumber in the yard. Van Auker's case was not taken up by the Columbia County grand Jury, as the detectives threat ened after the investigation by the Na tional Surety Company fell through, and the painstaking attempt that was made to connect the former cashier with the crime seemingly has been abandoned. Detectives who worked hard on the case for weeks and who resorted to "sweat box" methods to induce Van Auker to confess, considered the man an -enigma. "The only way to get that fellow is to give him the water cure," declared a disgusted detective who had spent hours in "sweating" Van Auker. "He is a man of steel," he continued, "and has not a spark of human sympathy. The only way to get him to tell any thing is to torture him until ne cries tor mercy." For obvious reasons this was not at tempted and if the suspected man knew more about the Labor Day robbery of the Rainier bank than he would tell he kept his secret locked in his own breast. Always maintaining his inno cence while almost everyone believed him guilty, be knew that he was the only one who could impeach his story as to the tall and short man who bound him and looted the bank. It is supposed that his acceptance of a job as mill laborer is intended to arouse public sympathy in his behalf, and that be is making an effort to live down bis unfortunate past. Van Auker's family remains in Portland witl relatives while the hands that once handled money are earning Van Auker'a daily bread by handling lumber. the ' evening. Six new members were taken into the society, making the total 125. It is the desire of the society to get all the New Yorkers in the city into the organization. Since the evacuation of New York by the British, November 25, 1783, that date has been celebrated as a state holiday in New York. A celebra tion will be held by the New Yorkers here on Evacuation day, as it is called, and a committee of five was appointed last night to arrange a- programme. The following are on the committee: R. C. Wright, D. L. Near, Mrs. Edward Taggart, George E. O'Bryon and M. H. Stevenson. An ora tion will be delivered and a rousing cele bration held. PLANS BIG CELEBRATION Xew York Society Discnsses Pro gramme for Evacuation Day. The first Fall, meeting of the New York 9tate Society was held last night at the home of Captain W. H. Pope, 441 West Park street. It was a social gathering, music and recitations being the order of BURGLARS MAKE BIG HAUL Police Department Detective "For gets" to Report $1000 Robbery. Burglars entered the home of W. B. Streeter on Raven View drive, Port land Heights, Monday evening and looted it, taking about $1000 worth of jewelry. Acting Detective Inskeep was assigned to investigate the case, but forgot to report to police headquarters until yesterday morning. Commercial University Coming. NEW YORK. Oct. 30. Frank A. Vander- lip, vice-president of the National City Bank, talked on corporations last night at the opening of the course in Wall street investing, at the West Side Y. M. C. A. In the course of his talk, Mr. Vanderllp said that the time would come when a f great commercial university, ranking with, it other educationad institutions, would have ".v to be established in order that corporate affairs might be properly understood corporations nave oeeome tne vast ann all-pervading factor in our commercla life, he said. TWO HURT IN COLLISION ( J. Rogers May Die of Injuries Re. ceived on Logging Road. J. Rogers and Albert Russell were seri ously hurt in a collfa-ion on a logging railroad at Columbia City yesterday an! brought to the Good Samaritan Hospital for surgical aid. Shortly after noon logging engine collided with a log train, on which the two men were riding. Both. jumped. Russell escaped with a painful gash in his leg. ' -i Rogers fell under a car and the nheets; .J passed over his arm, severing it from thol 4 body. He was also injured about the' head. He did not regain consciousness Lntil early this morning, and little hope is entertained for his recovery. Milwaukie Country Club. Eastern and California races. Take 9e: wood or Oregon City car, starting fry First and Alder streets. FRANK L. SMITH MEAT ( 228 Alder Street, Between First and Second Streets. "FIQMTIINQ THE BEEF TRUST" the trust you win. When we keep down Sirloin Steak, choicest cut, per lb..J.Ofr Chuck Steak, per lb :.8d Round Steak, per lb 10 Loin Steak, per lb lOd Hamburg Steak, per lb -. lOtJ Mutton Shoulder Chops, per lb....lOt Mutton Loin Chops, per lb 12Vbd Veal Shoulder Cutlets, per lb lOd Veal Loin Cutlets, per lb 12J Veal Rib Cutlets, per lb 12V4d PTime Rib Roast Beef, per lb lOc? Rolle.l Roast Beef, per lb lOd Loin Roast Mutton, per lb 12Vii Shoulder Roast Mutton, per Shoulder Roast Veal, per lb. Leg Roast Veal, per lo Rump Roast Veal, per lb.. Beef Stew, per lb Short Ribs Beef, per lb Boiling Beef, per lb........ Mince Meat Beef, per lb.... i-"Ot Koast Beet, per id. Corned Beef, per lb... Breast of Mutton, per lb Mutton Stew, per lb... Breast of Veal, per lb. Veal Stew, per lo I- V .4 t it ( JULY AND TOOTS At the Golden Eagle Thursday, Friday arid Saturday Li